Yao Ming couldn't have done better. But The basketball "Dream Team", boasting celebrity-studded players like highly-paid Lebron, Bryant, Josh, Wade and Kidd, were just too hot to handle.
Yao, who led China with 13 points, seemed to make that point as he came off for the last time with 4:43 to play and China trailing 87-54. Yao raised his right fist to the crowd, sparking a long, loud ovation.
Yao Ming
Two nights after China put on a spectacular opening ceremony, it shared the spotlight with the nation that invented basketball. The sparkling Wukesong Indoor Stadium began to buzz an hour before tipoff. But it didn’t feel like much of a homecourt for the Chinese. Team USA took the floor to a roar that was every bit as loud as the cheer when China came out of the dressing room. Bryant got as much applause as Chinese icon Yao Ming during pregame introductions.
With President Bush and his father watching alongside Chinese foreign minister Yang Jiechi, this was as much a spectacle as a basketball game. The president visited with the U.S. players in the locker room before the game.
“He basically came up to us and said, ‘I’m here to support you, our country supports you, and so go out there and kick some butt,’ ” Bryant said.
China may have lost with pride and honor. But basketball won.
Yao, who led China with 13 points, seemed to make that point as he came off for the last time with 4:43 to play and China trailing 87-54. Yao raised his right fist to the crowd, sparking a long, loud ovation.
Yao MingTwo nights after China put on a spectacular opening ceremony, it shared the spotlight with the nation that invented basketball. The sparkling Wukesong Indoor Stadium began to buzz an hour before tipoff. But it didn’t feel like much of a homecourt for the Chinese. Team USA took the floor to a roar that was every bit as loud as the cheer when China came out of the dressing room. Bryant got as much applause as Chinese icon Yao Ming during pregame introductions.
With President Bush and his father watching alongside Chinese foreign minister Yang Jiechi, this was as much a spectacle as a basketball game. The president visited with the U.S. players in the locker room before the game.
“He basically came up to us and said, ‘I’m here to support you, our country supports you, and so go out there and kick some butt,’ ” Bryant said.
China may have lost with pride and honor. But basketball won.
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